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| | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 482 | | | | | | Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2006 Posts: 677 | Welcome to the Bolt! Cool truck ! You sure came to the right spot for any info you might need... there's some great folks here !! What's you plans for the "ol" 36 ? You are going to remove the Bird Bath ain't you ??  Lol !! (just kidding) Todd 
Some people are like Slinkies, Their not really good for nothing... But they still bring a smile to your face when you push them down the stairs. 1951 3100 350 TBI Gallery Toddzilla... "$old" | | | | | Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Dec 2006 Posts: 1,464 |  Welcome! | | | | | Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jan 2002 Posts: 866 | | | | | | Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jan 2005 Posts: 1,602 | It looks like you have a good project ahead of you. Welcome.
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SUPPORT OUR TROOPS "Some people wonder all their lives if they've made a difference. The Marines don't have that problem." -- Ronald Reagan 1966 Fleetside SWB Webshots | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Welcome , an it looks from pics ya got a good one there to start on | | | | | Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Mar 2006 Posts: 1,703 | Welcome , an it looks from pics ya got a good one there to start on | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 183 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 183 | Welcome, CJ! Really nice bolt, keep the pics and questions coming. It's a great site to learn . Ed | | | | | Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 700 | Welcome CJ. You know that '37 was a trainer didn't you. The student sits in the cab and pretends to drive while the instructor sits in the bed using the real steering wheel. Ha! You've certainly got your work cut out and have come to the right place of advice and grief. Just kidding.
Don
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Besides the noble art of getting things done, there is a nobler art of leaving things undone. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | Thanks for the kind words. I may not be so kind after tearing into the beast, but it is going to be fun. I plan on documenting the build up with pis, so I will post em' up when I get a chance. I'm thinking maybe a new battery and some new hoses and I should be able to fire her up. http://home-and-garden.webshots.com/photo/2923609160101507563XzIDjf I ordered up a Mustang II front end for it with Wilwood upgrade. I plan to run a Currie 56" hot rod rear end with 3.70's and a 383 Stroker with a 700R4 behind it. I'm going to use the Progeressive tubular tranny mount and frame brace for the center of the frame, and crossmembers up front and in the rear. I also plan to use the progressive parallel 4 link set up with panhard bar and their motor mounts. Anyone have experiance using their products? Looks like they make some good stuff and it will take a bunch of the fab work our of the build. The body will be removed and placed on pallet's with coasters like I saw on this site. Great tip for moving the stuff around the shop. I will get the metal work and prime it up while I'm getting the chassis worked on, so hopefully I can mate them back up with a new driveline and fresh primed black body to run for a while till I get all the kinks worked out, then I will break down the body one more time for a killer pain job. That's my plans so far. I bit off a pretty good chunk here. Anyone know someone who needs anything off my original drivetrain? I'm in Houston and I will be trashing the old motor and trans and rear end. CJ | | | | | Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 Wrench Fetcher | | Wrench Fetcher Joined: Jul 2006 Posts: 187 | Welcome to the bolt CD, save those stock parts brother,alot of us '36 guys are looking for them. Post them in the swap meet section. Please don't cut good ole tin.
'36 Tall cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '36 Low cab Chevy 1.5 ton, '53 GMC 2 ton, '51 GMC 640 5 ton, '47 Dodge 2 ton, '42 GMC CCKW 353 6X6.
| | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | I will save them for as long as I can. The build will be done at my friends shop, so space is kind of limited. I am not going to cut up the body or anything, just pull the old drivetrain. If anyone needs something and it looks like it may be there, let me know. I can take it off, pack it up and go by the post office and ship it out. All I ask is you pay for the shipping. How's that sound? | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | I need some help with the resto pack from Chevy. I called, but man those call centers in India are worthless if you ask me. When I asked for a restoration package for my truck, the girl on the other end wnet silent and then asked again "what was I looking for?" I knew it was not going to be easy from that point. Now on my title, the VIN is only one letter and 8 numbers (9 charachters). Is this correct or should I look for the VIN plate? | | | | | Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2005 Posts: 507 | CD, welcome to the BOLT pull up a stool and plan to stay awhile. No such thing as a dumb question here. Sounds like you have a plan for the 36. Did you win the lottery?? Come here often and let's see more pictures as you progress.
"If it ain't Steel it ain't Real" "Earth the insane aslyum for the rest of the Universe" 41 1/2-ton, a work in progress 68 Shortbed stepside 327/325hp/700R4
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Robert C. If it's true what they say, "You learn from your mistakes," I'm a Genius in the making. 1950 3600 | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | 41 Chevy, funny...  No lottery winner here, but I did sell a super clean old Toyota FJ-40 I had restored for a pretty penny to fund this build. This will be my first street type rod build up, but I have learned a few things from my previous mistakes. This build I wanted to be as 1st class as I could go and done right the first time with the correct stuff, and not go completely broke. I was considering a rat rod type truck, but it is way to complete to cut up if you ask me, so I decided to go with a new drivetrain and make it nice. I can enjoy it more this way as a daily driver around town and such. I just ordered up my full length frame boxing kit and tubular croass member bracing. That along with the Fat Man front end should keep me busy a while. | | | | | Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 Master Gabster | | Master Gabster Joined: Oct 2006 Posts: 4,983 | CD you have a real jewel there. Man for 51 years it looks real good. Most of us wish we could say the same for ourselves.
“…break down the body one more time for a killer PAIN job.” Now that sounds like a Freudian slip. LOL
~Jim
| | | | | Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 'Bolter | | 'Bolter Joined: Jul 2004 Posts: 2,987 | | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | “…break down the body one more time for a killer PAIN job.” Now that sounds like a Freudian slip. LOL
That may be what I name her after I get into this baby...lol The PAIN project. I got a lot of work to do just to get the frame ready to dip. The the boxing starts. Plus this all will happen kind of on the side as other work goes on, so don't expect fast progress, but I will post up a build journal as I go along. | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 New Guy | | New Guy Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | CJ I love the look of your truck. That grill is killer! Do you have a link to Progressive's website? What are you going to do for gauges and interior? | | | | | Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 Junior Member | | Junior Member Joined: Jun 2007 Posts: 17 | Nthstr, the web site for progressive is the following link. http://www.progressiveautomotive.com/default.htm Go down to the install kits link for the boxing kits and X-member. Nice looking stuff and it will cut a bunch of fab time out of the build. Plus, I ordered up the boxing kit and X-member today and the guy who helped me was just the nicest person and had all kinds of words or advice for me on my build. I will be buying my rear ead suspension from them as well, but I got a lot on my plate right now, so I want to get this stuff started and some of the chrome pieces like the grill to the chrome shop. That should keep me busy for a while. On the interior, I did see a nice set of digital gauges in a brushed aluminum piece cut to fit in the dash or on the dash rather and a mathing piece for the glove box lid. I think it was around $600, but I kind of dig the stock dash look. I will keep it pretty simple inside for now. I'll probably do something like this for the gauges. http://www.stovebolt.com/techtips/gauges.htm Everything is going into the drivetrain and body work for now and that is my current plan. of course, I could hit that lottery next week I been meaning to win... | | | | | Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: May 2005 Posts: 119 | Beautiful solid truck!
Have a great trip from start to finish,
ya lucky......
Ted | | | | | Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 179 Shop Shark | | Shop Shark Joined: Apr 2000 Posts: 179 | Very nice roject. I noticed in the pics it's been updated to a later (63 up) 230 or 250 six. I expect your trans and rear axle were probably updated at the same time. Have fun with it
Joe McNeel
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1949 Chevy 3600 Flatbed all orginal 1964 gmc 4000 1973 gmc 6000 2005 chevy duramax 4x4 1994 chevy 1500 Trucks are GM and Tractors are Orange "I don't measure a man's success by how high he climbs but how high he bounces when he hits bottom." - General George S. Patton | | |
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